Helena Salichová jako sběratelka pověrečných pověstí o vodníkovi z území Slezska
Helena Salichová as a collector of superstitious legends from Silesia

Summary/Abstract: This article is dedicated to the author, painter and collector of Silesian folklore Helena Salichová. In the introduction, her written estate is described, from which the records of superstitious (i.e. demonological) legends were selected for further examination, specifically those featuring the figure of the water spirit (a folder called Hasrmani). In the records stored in this folder, we identify both the narrators from whom Salichová collected the stories and the locations of collection, and we are also interested in the author's possible interventions in individual texts. The characteristic of the water spirit is not omitted either. It is observed how he is perceived in the context of folklore and how he is depicted in Salichová's records.

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